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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 497

THE CHARTER OF A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION SUBJECT TO
THIS PART MAY NOT BE AMENDED IN ANY WAY THAT CONFLICTS
WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS SUCCESSORS, AS
FROM TIME TO TIME IN EFFECT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 23,
§314(c) and (d).

In subsection (a) of this section, the phrase
"incorporated before June 1, 1957" is
substituted for "heretofore incorporated" for
clarity. This date is the effective date of
Ch. 573, Acts of 1957, which first enacted
this provision.

The only other changes are in style.

5-332. TRUSTEES.

(A)   ELECTION.

THE TRUSTEES OF A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION SUBJECT TO
THIS PART SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF THE
RELIGIOUS CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CHARTER.

(B)   VACANCY.

IF A VACANCY EXISTS   IN THE OFFICE OF    TRUSTEE AND THE

CHARTER OF THE RELIGIOUS   CORPORATION DOES    NOT PROVIDE FOR

FILLING THE VACANCY, THE   CONGREGATION OF      THE RELIGIOUS

CORPORATION MAY FILL THE   VACANCY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first and
third sentences of Art. 23, §314(e).

In subsection (a) of this section, the present
reference to the charter "as affected by the
... preceding" provisions is deleted as an
unnecessary repetition of the provisions of
§5-331 of this subtitle.

The only other changes are in style.

The second sentence of §314(e) provides that
the "qualifications, nomination, election,
tenure and powers" of trustees must be in
conformity with the constitution of the United
Presbyterian Church. This sentence is deleted
as unnecessary since subsection (a) of this
section requires that the election be in
accordance with the charter of the corporation
and §5-331 of this subtitle requires, in
effect, that the charter be in conformity with
that constitution.